Stories By Micheal McKenna
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News
/ 9 years agoUpper Bann MLA hits out at technology expenditure by Belfast-based Trust
An Upper Bann MLA has hit out after it was revealed an NI health trust bought 650 tablet computers at a...
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Newry
/ 9 years agoMinister agrees to review reduced frequency of Newry train services
Regional Development Minister Michelle McIlveen has agreed to look again at train service cutbacks from Newry. During her first Question Time...
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News
/ 9 years agoCharges follow discovery of cannabis factories including one in Co Armagh
Detectives from Reactive and Organised Crime Branch have charged a 47-year-old male with a catalogue of drugs offences following the discovery...
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Bessbrook
/ 9 years agoFamily’s love helps charity support children affected by cancer at Christmas
A County Armagh couple, who lost their darling daughter to a brain tumour at just three years of age, have raised...
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Markethill
/ 9 years agoSt James’ Primary School, Mullaghbrack, takes closure fight all the way to Stormont
The fight to save a rural County Armagh primary school from closure has gone to Stormont. Representatives of St James’ Primary...
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Newry
/ 9 years agoNewry union officials and councillors shocked by increase in homophobic attacks
Homophobic attacks are taking place at a rate of almost one a day across Northern Ireland, according to latest figures. And...
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Bessbrook
/ 9 years agoDisabled robbery victim loses fight for life almost three months after brutal attack
An elderly and disabled man viciously attacked and robbed in his Bessbrook home almost three months ago has died. Eugene Carr,...
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News
/ 9 years agoParamilitarism, welfare reform packages and fewer MLAs agreed in ‘Fresh Start’ deal
The Northern Ireland Executive’s 12 departments is to be reduced to just nine – and the number of MLAs sitting at...
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News
/ 9 years agoBatten down the hatches: Get ready for gales, rain and…. SNOW!
Co Armagh is gearing up for the arrival of the much publicised Storm Barney – and there is a warning that...
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Armagh
/ 9 years ago‘Major breakthrough’ in pancreatic cancer fight, says University of Ulster
A “major breakthrough” in the fight against pancreatic cancer is being reported by scientists at the Ulster University today (Tuesday). Friday...
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Lurgan
/ 9 years agoCo Armagh woman who provided false alibi given suspended jail term
Detectives have welcomed the sentence handed down to a Co Armagh woman who lied about her former partner’s movements after he was...
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Armagh
/ 9 years agoSchoolboy takes Armagh’s rail link campaign to the UK’s Youth Parliament
A young Armagh man has raised the need for the reopening of the Armagh to Portadown rail link in the UK’s...